| an 1 million Americans over 40 are blind from eye | | | | recover from diseases and illnesses, and they do |
| diseases and 2.3 million are visually impaired. Every | | | | not suffer with side effects. They have learned |
| 5 seconds, a person goes blind. As of 2004, 20 | | | | over the years that you need to feed your body |
| million Americans have cataracts; 13 million people | | | | what it requires in order to remain healthy. Your |
| with type 2 diabetes have signs of retinopathy at | | | | body is an organism that requires proper nutrition |
| the time they are diagnosed. Glaucoma affects | | | | and large amounts of anti-oxidants in order to |
| two million Americans; it is the second leading | | | | perform at its best. We as Americans are just |
| cause of blindness after diabetes. Macular | | | | starting to understand this, and we as individuals |
| degeneration affects 13 million Americans. All eye | | | | must research and find the best solutions for our |
| diseases are caused by free-radical damage and | | | | optimum health. |
| inflammation in and around the eye and its | | | | Did you know that the same blood vessels that |
| vessels. | | | | supply your eyes also supply your heart, brain and |
| Americans have been trained since childhood, | | | | bones? It's true; every area becomes vulnerable |
| through doctors and television advertisements, | | | | when nutrients are missing, so what ever affects |
| that medications are the only way to help cure | | | | your vision affects all of you. There are three |
| diseases of all kinds. Around the world this is not | | | | major vision problems; glaucoma, macular |
| true, diet and herbs are used to cure and prevent | | | | degeneration and cataracts. Unfortunately, |
| diseases and illnesses with great success in areas | | | | medications and sometime surgery are necessary |
| that produce the necessary herbs. | | | | but you can stop the damage early on before |
| Americans think it is normal for their vision to get | | | | these are the only options you have left. Your |
| worse with age, this not a true fact around the | | | | best defense against degenerative eye diseases is |
| world. Here in America we have on blinders to our | | | | a diet full of colorful fruits and vegetables, like |
| own eye health. In China many have very keen | | | | carrots, spinach and tomatoes. To maximize your |
| vision; they use an herbal compound with honey | | | | intake of these beneficial fruits and vegetables try |
| fired weed and seven other herbs. In India they | | | | juicing. You can not possibly eat all that is needed |
| use Ayurvedic herbs, including one that they | | | | throughout the day if you are a busy individual. |
| believe to have the highest free-radical fighting | | | | The deep colors in the vegetables show that they |
| vitamins. In South East Asia they eat an amazing | | | | contain a mixture of powerful free-radical |
| fruit called the Mangosteen; it has the highest | | | | scavengers called carotenoids and bioflavonoids. |
| number of anti-oxidants ever found in one food | | | | Try to eat 5 servings a day along with nuts, |
| source. In Japan the people in the fishing villages | | | | seeds and green tea. Eggs contain lutein and |
| use an important dietary compound that contains | | | | zeaxanthin, a pair of carotenoids that maintain |
| an exotic vegetable blend with the best eye | | | | healthy vision. These two carotenoids together |
| enhancing foods; we in America do not get | | | | act as natural sunglasses protecting your eyes |
| enough of these. In England you can find the wild | | | | from harmful rays and promoting macular density |
| bilberry, known to help our eyes, but in France | | | | in the eyes. |
| you can find bilberry that is seven times more | | | | There are things to avoid like high-fat diets, |
| concentrated. | | | | smoking, diuretics, alcohol, drugs that lower your |
| Did you know that an aspirin a day can damage | | | | cholesterol and cortico-steroids. All of these |
| your eyes? It's true; it affects the blood vessels | | | | contribute to degenerative diseases of the eyes |
| that feed your eyes. Evidence shows a link | | | | as well as other diseases. An aspirin a day can |
| between taking aspirin and unhealthy eyes. There | | | | cause the number one problem associated with |
| is a natural way to help protect your heart and | | | | macular degeneration, and that is small retinal |
| blood flow and that is Bromelain. Bromelain is a | | | | hemorrhages that lead to blindness. Instead of |
| protein enzyme found in pineapple stems and | | | | aspirin try vitamin E for both eye and heart |
| fruit; it helps maintain healthy blood pressure and | | | | health. Stay away from fat blockers; they bind to |
| heart efficiency without the side effects that | | | | all fats even the essential fats you need for |
| aspirin has, unless you are allergic to pineapple. If | | | | healthy eyes. These include lutein, beta-carotene, |
| you are allergic to pineapple, you can use | | | | and vitamins A, D, E and K as well as lycopene, all |
| Pomegranate juice. Make sure it is 100 percent | | | | of which your eyes need. Toss those fat blockers |
| natural with no sugars added. Pomegranate has | | | | ASAP. Eliminate artificial sweeteners, they are |
| been proven to increase blood flow and reduce | | | | suspected to cause toxicities in eye circulation. In |
| plaque build up on artery walls. | | | | order to rebalance your essential fatty acids you |
| Natural Healers have been advocates of the | | | | need to take flax seed oil or ground flax seeds. |
| bilberry for years, but the hit and miss of this | | | | Tomatoes contain Lycopene, this is a potent |
| natural eye health remedy has always been a | | | | anti-oxidant that is concentrated in your eyes, but |
| problem, this is why: Bilberry has two compounds | | | | your body's levels decrease with age. Lycopene is |
| in it, first is glycosides which are sugar molecules | | | | a carotenoid as well, and your body needs to |
| and the other is a powerful anti-oxidant called | | | | have a mixture of carotenoids in order for them |
| anthocyanins. Your body needs to absorb the | | | | to work better as anti-oxidants. The most |
| anti-oxidants but first it has to remove the sugar | | | | profound effects are obtained when you have |
| molecule and we do not produce the enzymes | | | | lycopene and lutein together. Another very |
| needed to do that naturally. There is a European | | | | necessary need for healthy eyes is Glutathione, it |
| company that is able to remove the sugar | | | | has been called the bodies' premier anti-oxidant, |
| molecule without damaging the necessary | | | | supporting overall health, it also safe guards your |
| anti-oxidants. Mind you I do not believe in | | | | lens by detoxifying free-radicals, in addition it |
| processing any natural remedy but this company | | | | maintains the transparency of your lens and helps |
| has made a breakthrough that makes this natural | | | | to recycle anti-oxidants. It is hard to find this |
| eye healing berry easier for our body to use, so | | | | supplement, it is expensive and you need a liquid |
| I'm all for it. The company does not add any | | | | absorbable form, but you need this added to your |
| un-natural ingredients to the bilberry, allowing | | | | healthy eye regimen. |
| these needed anti-oxidants to be absorbed into | | | | After reading this you may feel over whelmed |
| the small intestine without missing a beat. | | | | and a little out of control, I'm going to break it |
| In China they use a blend of herbs for eye health; | | | | down for you. Everything in this list has properties |
| people in their eighties have very sharp vision. The | | | | that will help to improve your vision; you can |
| herbs are: Honey-fired Astragalus, Asiatic | | | | locate these products in health food stores, |
| dogwood, Chinese yam, Mountain peony, | | | | except for mangosteen juice, if they do not carry |
| Polyporous mushroom, Rehmannia, Alisma and | | | | what you need ask them to find it for you. |
| Schisandra. Each of these herbs has health | | | | Mangosteen juice is a very rich source of |
| benefits but together in a blend they actually | | | | anti-oxidants and supplies the whole body with |
| support healthy eyes, supporting the nerves by | | | | necessary biological actions, it also reduces stress |
| reducing free-radical stress, the arteries by | | | | on the vessels of the eyes, take 2 to 3 ounces |
| increasing the blood flow to the retinal arteries | | | | three times a day; Triphala, you can find in a |
| and promoting a healthy balance of electrolytes in | | | | power or capsules, take one teaspoon mixed with |
| the lenses. | | | | water before bed, it does have a mild laxative |
| In India, they use an Ayurvedic herbal complex | | | | effect, adjust your amount if necessary. Add |
| called Triphala, which contains three herbs that | | | | these to your diet for optimum eye health and |
| when combined support eye health. They are; | | | | overall heart, brain and bone health; tomatoes, |
| Indian gooseberry (amla), which contains the one | | | | green tea, green apples, red or white wine, |
| of the highest concentrations of vitamin C to be | | | | blue-green algae, spirulina algae, garlic, onions, eggs, |
| found in any plant, Beleric Myrobalan (bibhitaki), | | | | carrots, nuts, fresh cold water fish and flax seed. |
| which cleanses and detoxifies the body, Indian | | | | Spirulina along with other blue-green algae's are |
| Gallnut (haritaki) which has anti-oxidants that work | | | | considered super foods. They contain all eight |
| with the eyes. | | | | essential amino acids, very high levels of B12 and |
| The South East Asians eat a fruit called | | | | contain more vitamin E than wheat germ. They |
| Mangosteen, and they use the rind of the fruit as | | | | are also an excellent source of essential fatty |
| a tea, or they make a paste out of it for skin | | | | acids. Add at least 20-30 grams or 750 mg of |
| conditions. This amazing fruit has the highest | | | | spirulina algae per day, research has proven you |
| number of anti-oxidants ever found in one food | | | | can clear up cataracts by adding super foods to |
| source, over 25,000. Mangosteen is believed to aid | | | | your diet. Two other super foods are royal jelly |
| in the recovery of almost all diseases and illnesses | | | | and bee pollen. For cases of glaucoma, take 500 |
| dependent on the amount taken for each disease | | | | mg of vitamin C four times a day equaling 2,000 |
| and illness. Mangosteen has been studied for the | | | | mg for the entire day. Add 20 mg of rutin three |
| last 20 years because of its amazing medicinal | | | | times a day, 150 mg of alpha lipoic acid each day, |
| properties. It can be found in the U.S. as a juice or | | | | 40 mg of ginkgo biloba three times a day. Now |
| a tablet. The mangosteen juice has the whole fruit | | | | be sure to check with your doctor before starting |
| ground down and the tablet has only the rind in it. | | | | a new dietary change. Some medications such as |
| Another benefit of this fruit is a molecule called | | | | coumadin and other blood thinning medications can |
| Xanthones, only 200 have ever been identified in | | | | cause problems, because some of these foods |
| nature and this fruit contains 40 of those. | | | | thin the blood naturally. Check in regularly with |
| Xanthones are super charged anti-oxidants that | | | | your doctor as you may find you no longer need |
| perform biological actions in the body. Xanthones | | | | the medications. Have your blood pressure |
| are believed to support all the eye functions and | | | | checked every week as mangosteen juice has |
| destroy free radicals in the process. Xanthones | | | | been shown to naturally control and drop blood |
| are also able to help in the repair of damaged | | | | pressure within a few weeks of taking it. If you |
| DNA in the eyes due to their biological functions. | | | | would like more information on mangosteen juice |
| One other benefit of mangosteen juice is that it | | | | call toll free 1-888-374-4148. |
| has an inhibitor against inflammation; it controls | | | | Those of us who have been gifted with sight |
| inflammation and keeps it in check. Inflammation is | | | | can't possibly understand what it must be like to |
| present in all the eye diseases. | | | | go blind, after years of seeing the world around |
| In other countries, such as mentioned above, their | | | | us, but we are all at risk of losing this precious gift |
| use of natural remedies goes back 5,000 years. | | | | if we do nothing to prevent the causes of eye |
| America was establish a little over 200 years ago; | | | | disease. Do not put your health or sight into |
| when it comes to natural health we are amateurs, | | | | someone else's hands, you must do your own |
| children, and we could learn from the rest of the | | | | research and find the best solutions. |
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